Episode 57: Ma's Asian Beef Stew with Ingrid Hu Dahl
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April 21, 2026 · 53 min · Episode 58
About this episode
In this episode, Ingrid Hu Dahl shares her mother's Taiwanese American beef stew recipe and discusses her multicultural upbringing.
We’re back with more beef stew and we couldn’t be more delighted to have guest Ingrid Hu Dahl share her very special Taiwanese American recipe with us. Author of Sun Shining On Morning Sun, Ingrid tells us about her mom’s recipe, the ways in which this classic beef noodle soup became a beef stew, and what it was like growing up the hapa child of a Taiwanese immigrant mom and Scandinavian American dad in 1980s central New Jersey. Plus, what it was like growing up with a mom who was at the forefront of AI (yay? eek?), summers in Taiwan, becoming courageously bold and boldly courageous, and the magical mysteries beheld behind kitchen doors.
People in this episode
Guest: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Topics covered
- Taiwanese American cuisine
- beef stew
- cultural identity
- immigrant experience
- family recipes
Keywords
- beef stew
- Taiwanese American
- recipe
- cultural identity
- immigrant experience
- 1980s New Jersey
- AI
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Sun Shining On Morning Sun
Places: Taiwan, New Jersey
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